Railway-tie.



J. w. GROUSE.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 31, 1912.

1,048,948. Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

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J. W. UROUSE.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31,1912.

Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

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JOHN W. CROUSE. OF BATON, NEW MEXICO.

RAILWAY-TIE.

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To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that l. Jonx ll. (horse, a citizen of the United States. residing at liaton, in the county of (lcltax, State of New Mexico. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-lies; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to combined steel and reinforced concrete. railway ties and has for an object to provide a tie of this character in two pieces hingedly connected together by a double hinge and each carrying means for safely securing a rail.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel hinge including members adapted to be embedded axially in the cement blocks, a pair of connecting links being arranged on opposite sides of the exposed ends of the members, and two pintles being passed through the links and exposed ends of the embedded member to produce a dou ble hinge capable of permitting movement; of either block relatively to the other without disturbing the said other block.

lVit-h the above objects in view the inven tion consists of certain novel details of construction antlcombination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood that "arious modifications may be made in'the minor details of construction within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specificatmnz-J igure l is a plan view of the tie. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 2--2 Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view taken on the-line 33 Fig; 1. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one member of the hinge showing the means for anchoring the same in ,the cement; block. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the metal parts of the tie. Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 6-6 Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a detail perspec tive view of one of the rail securing means. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of one'of the I beams.

Referring now to the drawings in which like characters of reference designate similar parts, 10 designates trailic rails and 11 designates concrete blocks which support the rails and cooperate in forming a single railway tie.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed July 31. 1912. Serial No. 712,528.

Patented Dec. 31, 1912..

by a hinge comlirising a pair of channel -iron members '12 each of which is embedded axially in its related biock and provided with anchoring devices '13 ot the general type shown in Fig. 4, such anchoring devices each comprising a single oblong loop of stiff rod material the sides of which are passed through openings 14 in the flanges of the channel iron members and then bent downwardly tl'icretrom clearly shown in Fig. 3. One end of each of the members 12 is ex posed beyond the inner end face of the related block and is equipped with a hinge eye 15. A pair ot links it is arranged on opposite sides of the hinge eves 15, and a pintle 17 is passed through each hinge eye and the adjacent ends of the links.

By n'ieans oi the employment of two links and two pintles. either block may move vertically relatively to the mating block of the tie without appreciable displacement of the said mating block and furthermore by the en'iploynu-nt of the anchoring dcvices13 rigidly securing each channel iron member 12 in its related block movement of the blocks toward or away from each other is positively prevented and thus the tratlic rails are main-- tained at the proper gage at all times.

In the manufacture of the concrete blocks, a plurality of twist bars 18 are embedded longitudinally in the block to reinforce the block to resist torsional and other stresses. Each channel iron member is equipped with an I beam 19 the base flange of which is bolted as shown at 20 or otherwise secured to the web of the. channel iron member. The head flange of the I beam is provided with a transverse dove-tail slot 21 to receive the tratfic rail,.th e 'alls of the slot forming shoulders which 'bear snugly. against the,

edges of the rail base flange and prevdn spreading of the rail as will be understood.

A rail clamp 22 is bolted or otherwise secured to the head flange of the I beam as shown at and engages over the base flange of the .inner side of the rail, and a second rail clamp Ql .is arranged on the head flange of the I beam and en ages with the outer side of the rail, this c amp being bolted as shown at 25 or otherwise secured to the head flange of the beam.

lVhat is claimed, is 1. A railway tie including spaced concrete blocks, and a hinge connectmg said blocks tilt) includinv a channel iron member embedded in each block and having a terminal hinge eye exposed beyond 'the inner face of the block, spaced links arranged on opposite sides of said hinge eyes, and a pintle assed through each hinge eye and the a jacent ends of said links.

2. A railway tie including spaced concrete blocks, a channel iron embedded in each block and having a terminal hinge eye exposed beyond the inner end face of the block, spaced links on opposite sides of said hinge eyes, a pintle passed through each hinge eye oaeeae and through the adjacent ends of said link, and a plurality of anchoring devices em- 15 bedded in each-slot each comprising a loop of stiff rod material having the sides passed through the flanges of the related channel iron and thence bent downwardly therefrom.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signa- 20 ture, in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN W. CROUSE.

Witnesses:

ALICE VAUGHT, C. R. BAROLDS. 

